Self‐Favoring Biases, Self‐Presentation, and the Self‐Other Asymmetry in Social Comparison

Journal of Personality

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 793-817

  Hoorens, Vera ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84989634859     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1995.tb00317.x     Document Type: Article

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